I am so blessed to have known all 4 of my grandparents into my adulthood. I am thankful to have known them as a child, absolutely, but also to have been able to talk with them and be acquainted with them as a grown up.
This last week I have had to say goodbye to 2 of them. My Grandpa Rickords passed away last Monday, May 14 after a several month struggle with cancer. I am thankful for God's timing in allowing us to be in town (on a scheduled trip to KS) when he passed away. While we were in KS, we received news that my Grandma Rambow back in Colorado Springs passed away the next night. Her memorial service was this morning, and I am again thankful to God that he brought us back here last April so that I could spend time with Grandma & Grandpa and have my kids be better acquainted with them.
I miss them and am sad, now that things are quieting down and I reflect on the times we had together. I also wonder during this time how anyone can deal with the issue of death - losing loved ones or thinking about their own impending death - without faith in our Creator and salvation through His son, Jesus. It would be a life full of hopeless despair or numbness. I choose life with hope in love.
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